c. 1500 BCE
6.3 cm (2 1/2 in.)
Terracotta
Light gray stoneware with appliqué handle and spout and with medium brown glaze. Place of manufacture uncertain--probably from northern China.
8th-9th centuryChineseMetal
15th-16th centuryItalianIncised celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised decoration
12th centuryKoreanEarthenware with slip-painted decoration
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
19th centuryChineseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 10 (shi) inscribed on base before firing; "Yangxin dian Dongnuan ge louxia yong" (Hall of Mental Cultivation, used in the East Heated Chamber, main floor) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChineseTerracotta
GreekLead-glazed funerary ware: molded brick-red earthenware with lead-fluxed, emerald-green glaze
1st-2nd century CEChineseImitation Wanli, "wucai" type ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
19th-20th centuryJapaneseCopper alloy
1st-4th century CERomanStoneware with localized splashes of natural ash glaze over impressed decoration
4th-1st century BCEChinese